St. Cloud, Florida Live on CIS Infinity

St. Cloud, FL and Toronto, ON. January 28, 2014

City of St. Cloud, Florida (St. Cloud) has completed a successful implementation of its new customer information and billing solution, CIS Infinity by Advanced Utility Systems, a division of N. Harris Computer Corporation (Advanced). St. Cloud went “live” with CIS Infinity at the end of last November, delivering service to 20,000 water, sewer, reclaimed water, solid waste and stormwater customers.

“Advanced staff really supported us before and during Go-Live to meet our firm deadline,” says Veronica Miller, Public Services Administrator. “They also had an excellent group of people complete our conversion that was required to be completed in an expedited time frame.”

Peter Fanous, Executive Vice President for Advanced notes: “We are very deliberate when it comes to assigning staff to projects. We put the right number of team members together who have the right combination of expertise and experience for the implementation. This goes a long way in protecting our clients’ timelines and reinforces the fact that Advanced is a dedicated partner to its clients.”

One of the main features of CIS Infinity that St. Cloud will take advantage of is its advanced reporting capabilities. St. Cloud’s legacy system was limited and cumbersome for reporting. Now, any user can build unique reports quickly to identify and resolve areas of concern such as revenue loss.

City of St. Cloud was incorporated on January 3, 1911, and St. Cloud’s boundaries have expanded dramatically since then. The size of the city is now controlled by voluntary annexation based on the supply of sewer and water services to the expanding urban area. Growth has been demand-based, and City services have been extended to meet the needs of new residents as well as providing economies of scale for the operation of City utilities and services.

Veronica Miller, Public Services Administrator
City of St. Cloud
(407) 957-7347
vmiller@stcloud.org

About Advanced and Harris:

Advanced is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harris Computer Systems that provides
Customer Information and Billing solutions exclusively to utilities and municipalities. Harris is a leading provider of financial
management and Customer Information Systems (CIS) software solutions.
Since 1976, Harris has focused on providing feature-rich and robust
turnkey solutions to all levels of local government as well as public
power and water markets throughout North America. Harris' focus is on
creating long-term relationships with our customers and ensuring that we
meet the changing needs of our customers over time. For further
information on Harris Computer Systems, please visit our website at
http://www.Harriscomputer.com, or call 888-847-7747.

Northern Kentucky Water District:"Our customers needed a seamless upgrade. We had more confidence in the Advanced strategy than any other vendor's -- their implementation and conversion process were designed to flex for a unique situation like ours."

City of Bellevue:"Throughout the 10-month conversion and implementation project, Advanced brought excellent people to the table, and we've arrived at the end of the project with all our requirements met."